Chapter 311: Waiting for an Opportunity
Liverpool originally wanted to take advantage of the momentum of the goal to get back a point, but Manchester United did not have any flaws in the defense after the previous goal, and Shen Peng played a quick counterattack and almost scored after they gave up this idea.
As the game progressed, both teams slowly stabilized, but Shen Peng kept looking for opportunities.
In the 54th minute, Shen Peng made a straight stop, and the ball came to the feet of Ibrahimovic, who shot directly, but was saved by Menminolet......
In the 59th minute, Shen Peng took the ball to the bottom line, and then a sudden shot close to a zero degree angle almost hit the goal, but it was blocked by Clavan, who returned to the defense......
In the 66th minute, Shen Peng received a pass from Ibrahimovic and was about to break through with the ball, but the referee signaled an offside foul......
Shen Peng actually didn't expect this offside.
In the past, he rarely fouled offside, and when the average team saw Shen Peng's appearance, they couldn't wait to arrange eleven people to defend in the back, how could there be a situation where Shen Peng was offside? After all, if Shen Peng was not offside, with his ability, it would be a little strange if he didn't score.
However, although there has been no goal, the pressure brought by Shen Peng slowly made Liverpool's players unable to withdraw their energy to attack, so Manchester United's defense was relaxed.
That's not what Shen Peng wants to see, and certainly not what Tuchel and Liverpool's players want to see.
Shen Peng is because it is difficult to score goals in this way, while Liverpool's side is still thinking about equalizing.
In the sixty-ninth minute, when one of Manchester United's attacks was resolved again, Shen Peng suddenly had an idea, since it is not easy to score goals against the opponent, so let them attack and try?
Shen Peng's idea is crazy, now there are few teams in the Premier League who dare to let Liverpool attack, after all, Liverpool's attack is very sharp, and the top six in the Premier League are a little unbearable in front of them.
But in this case, there is also a great opportunity, as long as Liverpool tries to attack, if Shen Peng finds an opportunity, he can take the opportunity to counterattack.
As for whether Liverpool will attack, Shen Peng is not worried at all, they are still one point behind, unless they don't want to win, otherwise they will definitely attack.
Thinking of this, Shen Peng's movements slowed down slightly......
Seventy minutes into the game, the pressure from Shen Peng received by the Liverpool players gradually lightened, and many of them slowly realized that Shen Peng would be tired if he kept attacking.
Judging from the previous video, Shen Peng is the kind of player who will not get tired after running for 120 minutes, but now he didn't expect Shen Peng to be powerless after 70 minutes of wild attack, so Liverpool's defenders couldn't help but be secretly proud.
Because the pressure is less, the Liverpool players are gradually trying to attack.
In the 72nd minute, Liverpool organized an attack, this time from the left wing, and finally Lallana came to the corner of the penalty area to shoot, the ball was blocked by De Gea, although there was no goal, but the Liverpool players saw the hope of equalising.
Liverpool's attack is becoming more and more fierce, and the coordination is becoming more and more fluid, and there is a tendency to overtake the score.
Seeing this, many fans around the scene became nervous and began to cheer for the team, hoping that the team would not be equalized at this time.
In the 76th minute, Liverpool attacked down the left flank, and after a series of passes, the ball fell to Emre Can, who found the right opportunity and slotted it straight to substitute Philippe Coutinho.
Coutinho's performance at Liverpool is obvious to all, so Manchester United also value him and defend him very tightly, which makes him have no good chances even if he gets the ball, so he can only choose to pass.
On the left, Lallana was also active in this game, so Valencia kept an eye on him.
On the contrary, Firmino, who was on the right, was in an unguarded situation at this time!
Coutinho no longer hesitated, facing the pressing of the Manchester United defenders, his feet moved very covertly, and the ball rolled directly to the right!
Firmino, as Cantiño's teammate, guessed the latter's behavior, so when Coutinho first acted, he ran straight forward, and the ball just rolled over!
According to his vision, when he receives the ball, he will be in an excellent position to shoot, and the surrounding United defenders will not have time to defend him in the first place.
He was in great form today, so he couldn't wait to get a shot past United.
But what made him a little puzzled was, why didn't he hear the boos? On the contrary, there seems to be some cheers in it.
Wouldn't the home fans be booing him in such a situation? Could it be that this is at their own Anfield stadium?
He didn't think too much about it, he looked in the direction of the ball, and at the same time adjusted his pace to make sure that he was in place at the same time as the ball, so that he was most comfortable when he got up and could shoot the ball with the most power.
But suddenly, a flash of red lightning flashed in the corner of his eye!
He turned his head to see that it was Shen Peng who ran back, and grabbed his foot in front of him to block the ball!
Shen Peng's speed is very fast, naturally he can't stop the ball at once, otherwise he rushed over by himself, and the ball is equivalent to helping the opponent stop the ball, so he used a trick that he used before, when he ran to the ball, he stopped the ball lightly with his right foot, and then the whole person turned one hundred and eighty degrees from left to right in the air, and in the process of turning, he stepped on the ball with his left foot and pulled it back, and when he stopped, it was already facing Liverpool's goal, and the ball also stopped quietly at his feet.
Shen Peng's elegant action also won the passionate cheers of the audience on the sidelines.
Then, without the slightest pause, he took the ball forward and broke through with the ball!
Because this is not far in front of Manchester United, there are not many Liverpool players at all, and Shen Peng has enough time to accelerate!
Although Firmino tried to stop Shen Peng at the first time, the defensive level of the frontcourt players was generally very ordinary, so Shen Peng only used a feint to easily shake it over, and then ran all the way.
However, he had a long run this time, so the Liverpool players had plenty of time to react, and by the time he took the ball outside the box, Liverpool's defenders were almost in place.
Of course, this is still much easier than Liverpool's whole team defense before, for example, several of their midfielders have been involved in the attack before, so they are still running back at this time.
Therefore, Shen Peng faced only a few defenders.
I saw that when he faced Arnold, who was returning to the defense, he suddenly forcibly broke through!